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No. 812,188. 'Patented 1188. 10,1885.

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GEORGE OASE, OF JOLIEI, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO \VILLIAM T. OONKLIN, v

OF SAME PLACE.

SPOOL FOR BARBED WlR.

SPECIFICATION ice-ming part of Letters Patent No. 312,188, dated February lO, 1885.

Application filed September 25, 18S-l. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE OASE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Joliet. in the county of Will and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spools for Barbed Wire, of which the following-is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Figure l is a perspective view of my imio proved spool or reel complete. Fig. 2y is a iongitudinal section taken centrally through the spool. Figs. 3 and 4 are views of the inner ends of the two sections composing the core or body of the spool. Fig. 5 is a view of i5 the clamping-boards connected by wire ties.

Fig. 6 is a vertical section of a bale or package detached from the two sections composing the body or core of the spool and ready for the market. Fig. 7 is a sectional detail 2o showing the locking device d ofthe rod D.

This invention relates to means for baling or winding and packing wires which are used for check-rowing, for barbed fences, and for other purposes where it is desired to transport and keep on sale bales of wire in compact and convenient packages.

The nature of my invention consists in a novel construction of a spool or reel, whereby it is adapted to receive and hold the clamping-boards and tie-wires, and after the bale is completed to be readily removed therefrom, leaving the said clamping-boards on thebale, as will be fully understood from the following description, when taken in connect-ion with the annexed drawings, in which- AAdesignate two hexagonal sections, which are preferably made of cast-iron, and which are constructed hollow, with their open ends adapted to iit snugly togetheigas shown in Figs. 4o l and 2. These sections A A are provided with holes a a centrally through their outer ends, for the purpose of receiving a shaft of a wire-winding machine, which machine will be adapted for applying the knots on check-row wire, or applying barbs on fence-wire. The

circumferences of the said sections are constructed with longitudinal ribs b'b for the purpose of affording very little bearing-surface for the bale-wire next to the sections, and

thereby allowing these sections to be readily 5o drawn from the eye of a finished bale.

B B are oblong openings through the sections constituting the core of the spool, which openings are diametrically opposite each other, and are adapted t0 receive through them the 55 clamping-boards C O, which are connected together by means of strong wire ties c c. The core-sections A A are connected together by means of key-bolts D D, provided near their inner pointed ends with locking-studs d Z and 6c stop-pins c e, and on their outer ends, c e',

with square ends to receive a turn-key for locking and unlocking the sections. The said locking key-bolts D D are applied in bearings formed in the core-section A, and the pointed ends of these bolts enter webs ff, formed on the inner end of the section, through which webs are holes having offset notches, to allow the studs d d to pass freely. By then giving a slight turn to the bolts the studs will engage 7o with the webs ff and securely lock the coresections together. Vhen a bale of wire is wound on the core-sections, they can be detached from each other and slipped from the eye of the bale, leaving the boards O C and their tie-wires firmly clamping the sides of the bale, and preventing its wire from unwindinfr.

zE E E E designate four radial reel-arms,

which are screwed into the core-sections A A 8o near their ends, and constructed with pointed outer ends having holes through them to receive a lever for adjusting the arms. The inner ends of the reel-arms E serve to confine the clamping-boards in their places in the core- 8 5 sections A A and to release these boards therefrom when it is desired to remove these sections from a bale, package, orcoil of wire.

The reel is composed of two parts, each one of which is tapered to the middle of the length 9o of the reel; therefore the sections are readily removable from the dually-wound coil.

It will beobserved that the clamping-boards serve as reel-arms when they are confined yto the core-sections A A.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new is l. A wire spool or reel composed of separable hollow core-sections A A, provided with longitudinal ribs on their surfaces, in combination with locking devices and reel-arms, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the core-sections and the reel-arrns and locking devices, of the clamping-boards connected by wire ties, and confined by the reelar1ns E, substantially as described.

3. The combination,witl1 the separable coresections and their locking devices, ofendwiseadjustable clamping reel-ar1ns, substantially as described.

4. The combination, in a reel, of separable hollow ribbed and webbed sections tapered from their outer ends to their inner ends, and provided with alocking device, Withthescrewthreaded clamping-arms, the wire-coil clampingarms, and their connecting-wires, all con- CHARLES F. BLOOD, CHARLES W. STAEHLE. 

